By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, Special to the AFRO Former Clean Blockers and guests who gather, Aug. 13, at the Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore, Md., to celebrate the 85th anniversary of […]
Category: National News
We Remember: Toni Morrison Dies at 88
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ”Sula” and other […]
Why We Need a Democratic Presidential Forum on Race
The Democratic Black Caucus of South Carolina Chairman Calls for a Democratic Presidential Forum on Race “Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront […]
Black Congressional Leadership Grills JUUL Executives
By AFRO Staff The rise in youth consumption of nicotine products in recent years was at issue before Congress July 24 and 25. The simultaneous emergence of vape culture and […]
Paine College President Dies
By AFRO Staff Dr. Julius Scott, the two-time president of Paine College, has died, the Augusta Chronicle reported Thursday. Paine College is a historically Black Methodists liberal arts college that […]
Cummings Urges Trump to ‘Come to Baltimore’
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings took the high road in inviting President Donald Trump and other Americans to visit Baltimore but declining […]
NAACP Speaks Up On Gerrymandering
By Anne Branigin Let’s start with gerrymandering—that is, when a political party shapes the boundaries of an electorate so it favors them—which the Supremes already ruled could not be done […]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Statement on Capital One Data Breach
By NNPA WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement on a data breach which exposed account information of […]
North Texas Doctor Shares his Hope for More Black Physicians
By IRENA FISCHER-HWANG The Dallas Morning News DALLAS (AP) — Dr. Dale Okorodudu appears to be a perfectly ordinary guy: He has a mortgage, a wife and three young children […]
O’Rourke Debate Guests are Black Men who Kneeled for Anthem
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK AP National Writer When Democrat Beto O’Rourke takes the stage in the second round of presidential primary debates on Tuesday, three young Black men from Michigan […]
THE RUN DOWN
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green covers the TRENDING STORIES in this weeks edition of the AFRO News Paper.
NYPD Judge Recommends Firing Officer in Eric Garner Death
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a reckoning five years in the making, an administrative judge on Friday recommended firing a New York City police […]